Patents by Inventor Rolf Lebkucher
Rolf Lebkucher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 7227029Abstract: Process for the continuous preparation of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) by reacting gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) with monomethylamine (MMA) in the liquid phase, wherein GBL and MMA are used in a molar ratio of from 1:1.08 to 1:2 and the reaction is carried out at from 320 to 380° C. and an absolute pressure of from 70 to 120 bar.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2002Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Martin Rudloff, Peter Stops, Erhard Henkes, Helmut Schmidtke, Rolf-Hartmuth Fischer, Manfred Julius, Rolf Lebkücher, Karl-Heinz Ross
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Patent number: 7164031Abstract: A process for continuously preparing 2-pyrrolidone by reacting gamma-butyrolactone with ammonia in the liquid phase in the presence of water, wherein the reaction is carried out at a temperature of from 275 to 300° C. and an absolute pressure of from 140 to 180 bar.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2002Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Martin Rudloff, Peter Stops, Erhard Henkes, Helmut Schmidtke, Rolf-Hartmuth Fischer, Manfred Julius, Rolf Lebkücher, Karl-Heinz Ross
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Publication number: 20050010057Abstract: Process for the continuous preparation of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) by reacting gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) with monomethylamine (MMA) in the liquid phase, wherein GBL and MMA are used in a molar ratio of from 1:1.08 to 1:2 and the reaction is carried out at from 320 to 380° C. and an absolute pressure of from 70 to 120 bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2002Publication date: January 13, 2005Inventors: Martin Rudloff, Peter Stops, Erhard Henkes, Helmut Schmidtke, Rolf-Hartmuth Fischer, Manfred Julius, Rolf Lebkucher, Karl-Heinz Ross
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Publication number: 20040242900Abstract: A process for continuously preparing 2-pyrrolidone by reacting gamma-butyrolactone with ammonia in the liquid phase in the presence of water, wherein the reaction is carried out at a temperature of from 275 to 300° C. and an absolute pressure of from 140 to 180 bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2004Publication date: December 2, 2004Inventors: Martin Rudloff, Peter Stops, Erhard Henkes, Helmut Schmidtke, Rolf-Hartmuth Fischer, Manfred Julius, Rolf Lebkucher, Karl-Heinz Ross
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Patent number: 6794530Abstract: A process for preparing &bgr;-alkoxynitriles by reacting &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated nitriles with monohydric, dihydric or trihydric alcohols in the presence of basic catalysts at from −20 to +200° C. comprises using a diazabicycloalkene catalyst of the formula I where from 1 to 4 hydrogen atoms may be independently replaced by the radicals R1 to R4, in which case R1, R2, R3, R4 are each C1-20-alkyl, C6-20-aryl or C7-20-arylalkyl, and n and m are each an integer from 1 to 6.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1999Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Heinz-Josef Kneuper, Karsten Eller, Andreas Henne, Rolf Lebkücher
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Patent number: 6388149Abstract: A process for the reaction of an organic compound in the presence of a catalyst comprising, as active metal, ruthenium alone or together with at least one Group Ib, VIIb, or VIIIb metal in an amount of from 0.01 to 30 wt %, based on the total weight of the catalyst, applied to a support, wherein from 10 to 50% of the pore volume of the support comprises macropores having a pore diameter in the range of from 50 nm to 10,000 nm and from 50 to 90% of the pore volume of the support comprises mesopores having a pore diameter in the range of from 2 to 50 nm, the sum of said pore volumes being 100%, and said catalyst as such.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2000Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Rühl, Boris Breitscheidel, Jochem Henkelmann, Andreas Henne, Rolf Lebkücher, Konrad Knoll, Paul Naegele, Hermann Gausepohl, Sabine Weiguny, Norbert Niessner
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Patent number: 6248924Abstract: A process for the reaction of an organic compound in the presence of a catalyst comprising, as active metal, ruthenium alone or together with at least one Group Ib, VIIb, or VIIIb metal in an amount of from 0.01 to 30 wt %, based on the total weight of the catalyst, applied to a support, wherein from 10 to 50% of the pore volume of the support comprises macropores having a pore diameter in the range of from 50 nm to 10,000 nm and from 50 to 90% of the pore volume of the support comprises mesopores having a pore diameter in the range of from 2 to 50 nm, the sum of said pore volumes being 100%, and said catalyst as such.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1997Date of Patent: June 19, 2001Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Rühl, Boris Breitscheidel, Jochem Henkelmann, Andreas Henne, Rolf Lebkücher, Konrad Knoll, Paul Naegele, Hermann Gausepohl, Sabine Weiguny, Norbert Niessner
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Publication number: 20010000035Abstract: A process for the reaction of an organic compound in the presence of a catalyst comprising, as active metal, ruthenium alone or together with at least one Group Ib, VIIb, or VIIIb metal in an amount of from 0.01 to 30 wt %, based on the total weight of the catalyst, applied to a support, wherein from 10 to 50% of the pore volume of the support comprises macropores having a pore diameter in the range of from 50 nm to 10,000 nm and from 50 to 90% of the pore volume of the support comprises mesopores having a pore diameter in the range of from 2 to 50 nm, the sum of said pore volumes being 100%, and said catalyst as such.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2000Publication date: March 15, 2001Inventors: Thomas Ruhl, Boris Breitscheidel, Jochem Henkelmann, Andreas Henne, Rolf Lebkucher, Konard Knoll, Paul Naegele, Hermann Gausepohl, Sabine Weiguny, Norbert Niessner
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Patent number: 6060531Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of polyurethane foams by reactinga) at least one organic polyisocyanate withb) at least one polyalkylene-polyol (b1) having a hydroxyl number of from 30 to 500, obtainable by alkoxylation of at least one initiator molecule from the group consisting of N,N'-bis(3-aminopropyl)ethylenediamine, tripropylenetetramine and tetrapropylenepentamine using at least one alkylene oxide, preferably ethylene oxide and/or 1,2-propylene oxide, or mixtures of the polyoxyalkylene polyols (b1) and other polyhydroxyl compounds having a functionality of from 2 to 8 and a hydroxyl number of from 15 to 500, andc) if desired, chain extenders and/or crosslinking agents,in the presence ofd) blowing agents and, if desired,e) catalysts andf) additives,and to the novel polyoxyalkylene-polyols (b1) which can be used for this purpose.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1998Date of Patent: May 9, 2000Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Peter Horn, Ludwig Jung, Harald Larbig, Rolf Lebkucher, Gerhard Lehr
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Patent number: 5917039Abstract: In a process for the N-alkylation of amines in which alcohols are reacted with alkylamines or dialkylamines in the presence of hydrogen, the reaction takes place on a catalyst based on copper and magnesium silicate and containing, in each case independently, 0 to 2% by weight of BaO, Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 and/or ZnO. The amines employed are mono- or dimethylamine or mono- or diethylamine, the alcohols employed are .alpha.,.omega.-diols, in particular diethylene glycol or pentanediol. In particular there is reaction of diethylene glycol with monomethylamine and/or monoethylamine to give N-methylmorpholine and/or N-ethylmorpholine.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1998Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Joachim Simon, Rainer Becker, Rolf Lebkucher, Horst Neuhauser
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Patent number: 5895816Abstract: In a process for preparing alkylamines by reacting amines and aliphatic aldehydes in the presence of free hydrogen on a fixed bed catalyst in a reactor in which amines and aldehydes are mixed in the catalyst bed after being fed in in separate streams, only the aldehyde stream or only the amine stream is preheated during the feeding in.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1998Date of Patent: April 20, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heinz-Josef Kneuper, Rolf Lebkucher, Horst Neuhauser, Andreas Henne, Rainer Becker
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Patent number: 5874622Abstract: In a process for hydrogenating an aromatic compound in which at least one hydroxyl group is bonded to an aromatic ring or an aromatic compound in which at least one amino group is bonded to an aromatic ring, in the presence of a catalyst comprising as catalytically active component at least one metal of transition group I, VII or VIII of the Periodic Table applied to a support, the catalyst is obtainable bya) dissolving the catalytically active component or a precursor compound thereof in a solvent,b) admixing the solution thus obtained with an organic polymer which is able to bind at least ten times its own weight of water, giving a swollen polymer,c) subsequently mixing the swollen polymer with a catalyst support material andd) shaping, drying and calcining the composition obtained in this way.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1997Date of Patent: February 23, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Boris Breitscheidel, Thomas Ruhl, Klemens Flick, Jochem Henkelmann, Andreas Henne, Rolf Lebkucher
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Patent number: 5847131Abstract: N-Substituted cyclic amines are prepared by reacting diols with primary amines over a copper-containing catalyst which is obtainable by impregnation of an inert support with an aqueous solution of an ammine complex of a readily thermally decomposable copper compound and subsequent drying and calcination and contains from 5 to 50% by weight of copper, calculated as CuO.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1997Date of Patent: December 8, 1998Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Joachim Simon, Roman Dostalek, Heinz Lingk, Rainer Becker, Andreas Henne, Rolf Lebkucher, Cristina Freire Erdbrugger, Michael Hesse, Detlef Kratz
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Patent number: 5672636Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of polyurethane foams by reactinga) at least one organic polyisocyanate withb) at least one polyalkylene-polyol (b1) having a hydroxyl number of from 30 to 500, obtainable by alkoxylation of at least one initiator molecule from the group consisting of N,N'-bis(3-aminopropyl)ethylenediamine, tripropylenetetramine and tetrapropylenepentamine using at least one alkylene oxide, preferably ethylene oxide and/or 1,2-propylene oxide, or mixtures of the polyoxyalkylene polyols (b1) and other polyhydroxyl compounds having a functionality of from 2 to 8 and a hydroxyl number of from 15 to 500, andc) if desired, chain extenders and/or crosslinking agents, in the presence ofd) blowing agents and, if desired,e) catalysts andf) additives,and to the novel polyoxyalkylene-polyols (b1) which can be used for this purpose.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1995Date of Patent: September 30, 1997Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Peter Horn, Ludwig Jung, Harald Larbig, Rolf Lebkucher, Gerhard Lehr